D.C. Choice: another elective course in school reform.
USA Today Magazine › Vol. 132 Nbr. 2708, May 2004
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D.C. Choice: another elective course in school reform.
Opportunity scholarships "can be the road to quality education and all that it means--personal growth, economic success, and a greater range of employment alternatives. Education is freedom."
ON JAN. 22, 2004, Congress made a historic decision to fund opportunity scholarships in the nation's capital. As with all such decisions, it was about ideas, values, facts, and dreams. It came with determined advocacy, vigorous opposition, dramatic moments, and political consequences. Educational choice is important for two reasons. First, it extends civil rights and social justice. Second, it enhances school effectiveness. The introduction o...See the full content of this document
